Traveling Through Time
Chapter 8
"Hey, what happened?" Sirius asked as he saw James come gloomily out of Hermione's hospital room.
"I'll tell you later, let's go." James said as he continued to walk to the doors.
"I don't want to wake her up mate." Sirius said as he gave a sheepish look to James
"Alright. I'll see you later then." James said as he walked out of the hospital wing.
While James walked the halls aimlessly, Hermione sat on her bed with her head in her hands shaking. She couldn't believe that she almost kissed her best friend's father, whether he knew he was or not. He was supposed to be dating Lilly Evans and have a kid that was made to save the world from darkness, but instead he was taking care of her and trying to kiss her.
"Never again. He can't ever get that close again. I almost kissed him. What would Ginny say when she found out?" Hermione stood up and started pacing her room biting her nails worrying herself over what had just happened.
_Boys Dormitories_
"Hey James, where's Sirius?" Remus asked
"What? Oh, he's down in the kitchens" James said as he grabbed his things and went to shower. Remus and Peter just watched him go from their respective beds.
"He's not in the kitchens." Remus said
"How do you know?" Peter asked as he burrowed into his bed
"James and Sirius are always in the kitchen together and are always together. James looks upset and worried and I know that if something had happened to Pads that James would be with him." Remus said
"Oh, that makes a lot of sense." Peter said
"Goodnight, Peter." Remus said as he pulled his curtains shut
"Night, Mooney." Peter said as he got up to close his too and lay back down. A little while later, the water turned off and out stepped a soaked, bottom towel clad James Potter. He ran his unoccupied hand through his wet hair and tried to push it out of his face for it to only end up back where it was. Sighing, James went to his trunk and pulled out snitch clad underwear and quidditch sweats. After getting dressed and drying his hair, James pulled the curtains around his bed shut and got in it. Looking up, James saw the spot where Lilly's picture had been and he was thrown into a confusing state.
He's always been after Lilly and he thought that he loved her, but that was until the new girl in the hospital wing showed up. Hermoine. Her honey brown eyes and caramel waves that bounced around her face when she walked flashed through his mind and James sighed.
"Hermione." James said and he went to sleep vowing to himself that no matter how long it took, he was going to get Hermione to genuinely smile and laugh. James turned onto his stomach and went to sleep not realizing that there was a rat in his dorm room, a few beds over, wide awake wondering who this 'Hermione' was and if it had anything to do with how often James and Sirius were gone.
_Hospital- Morning_
"Hermione?"
"Ugmm?"
"Hermione."
"Hgmm."
"Hermione wake up. Someone is here to see you."
"Hmm?"
"Hermione! Look out!"
"What?! Ginny, where are you?!" Hermione yelled as she jumped out of bed and raised her wand looking around for the danger.
"There's no danger." Ginny said with a small smile at her friend.
"What? But you just...Huh?" Hermione said as she stood up straight and dropped her wand arm.
"You wouldn't get up." Ginny said as she turned and went to leave Hermione's room.
"Ginny what the hell!" Hermione said as she went to follow her friend.
"I would go get dressed if I were you." Ginny said as she opened the door.
"Why? It's...It's eight in the morning." Hermione said as she put her wand in her hip holster. Blinking against the bright light, Hermione followed her friend out of her room. There were intakes of breaths and Hermione's head snapped up to assess the situation. Standing in front of her were the Snakes. Lucius Malfoy, Luca Nott, Noah Puecy, Gabriel Zabini, and Elijah Flint.
"Well that's a lovely sight in the morning isn't it my dear?" Lucius said as he looked Hermione up and down. She was wearing a pair of her muggle compression shorts, a green bra, and a tight tank top. Hermione quickly grabbed her hair and threw it infront of her body so they couldn't see her breasts fully, but unfortunately they could see her legs and arse.
"What do you want, Malfoy." Hermione asked as she glared at Elijah as he obviously was checking her out. "My eyes are up here, Flint. I don't appreciate being looked at like I'm a piece of meat and not a person." Hermione snapped out at him.
"Of course not madame." Elijah said as he bowed
"Oh, give me a break from the mock-up, Flint." Hermione said as she crossed her arms. "Now why the hell are you here?"
"My dear, we just came to check up on you." Noah said as he nodded his head to her.
"Oh my, so kind." Hermione sarcastically said.
"Now, now, now. There's no need for that." Lucius said
"Don't tell me what I can and can't do, Malfoy. You don't own me and I can do whatever the bloody hell I want." Hermione snarled at him.
"We really just wanted to check up on you and also see if you would like us to accompany you to breakfast." Luca said as he bowed.
"And why would I let you do that?" Hermione said as she jutted a hip out.
"Because we'll make sure Lucious and Elijah don't annoy you too much." Noah said as he put a hand forth asking for hers.
"I'm not accepting right this moment." Hermione replied with a roll of her eyes
"Are you not wanting to come with us?" Noah questioned
"She's still in her sleep wear, you dork." Luca snickered as he watched his mates face turn red
"Oh. Oh! Right! Of course! Go ahead and take your time to change my dear. My sincerest apologies." Noah said as he ducked his head trying to hide a blush.
"As long as I can." Hermione said as she flicked her hair off her chest and walked back to her room giving the men behind her a wonderful view of her arse.
"That's something I wouldn't mind taking my time with." Elijah said as he whistled low.
"Quit being a prick, Flint. That's why no one wants to date you." Luca said
"What? It's not my fault I just want to give them a good time." Elijah said
"It kinda is. You could keep it to yourself and leave the birds alone. No one wants to go out with you because your a sex crazed creep who doesn't actually value a woman." Noah said
"They're not wrong, Elijah." Lucious said as he shoved his hands in his pocket and leaned against a bed. All of a sudden a hand shot out from behind a curtain, grabbed Lucious, and pulled him behind it with a yelp.
"Lucious!" Noah and Luca yelled as they ran over to the curtained bed and left Elijah crying from laughter on the floor. When they reached the bed they pulled the sheet back and found a sight. Lucius was pushed against a bed with a red-head sitting on his lap kissing the life out of him and he didn't seem to be putting up much of a fight.
"Uhhh…" Luca said as he and Noah coughed and closed the curtain before walking away.
"Well you don't see that everyday." Noah said as he rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.
"Where's Malfoy gotten off to?"
Noah, Elijah, and Luca turned around to find Hermione wearing a red blouse with black bootcut pants and tennis shoes.
"Umm...you know...mouth stuff." Noah said as he jabbed his thumb over to the spot where they saw Lucious and the girl. Hermione's eyes grew big and her mouth dropped open before she marched over to the curtain and threw it back.
"Talons!" Hermione yelled to the red-headed girl now laying on top of Lucius Malfoy with his hands on her ass squeezing them. The girl jumped up and spun around to face the brunette.
"Midnight! It's not-I wasn't…" The red-head started, but at the look Hermione was giving her she shut up and looked down to her feet.
"What in Merlin's beard do you think you were doing?!" Hermione asked
"I couldn't help myself! He's here and he isn't a total prick or a man whore yet!" Ginny whined to her friend
"Hey!" Lucious said from her bed
"Shut up." Hermione said as she leaned around Ginny to stare at the man. He stood up and walked past them, but not without hitting Ginny's arse making her squeal.
"Oh my stars." Hermione said as she face palmed.
"What?" Ginny asked confused
"You can't honestly be considering him!" Hermione said and she lost it at the look on Ginny's face. Hermione shoved her and the red-head into the curtain before casting a Muffliato around them. "Ginerva! We're supposed to be finding a way back and keeping things as they are! Not deciding to just hook up with whoever you feel like because they're your age now and they don't have kids!" Hermione shouted to Ginny
"Spare me the lecture, Hermione. I didn't ask for your input and nor do I need or want it, so just leave with them and try not to mess the past up with your affections either." Ginny said. Hermione sucked in a small breath and went pale. "Yeah that's right. I heard you last night. You tried to kiss my ex fiancè's father last night!" Ginny said. The men behind the curtain sat quiet waiting for the two girls
"You have no idea what happened in there and between us so don't jump to your own conclusions! I stopped him because I thought of you! I could've done much worse, but I didn't." Hermione said
"Oh bollocks! You only didn't because you thought of me? Yeah, because you thought of how embarrassed you would've been had I heard and or saw you! You don't act like it, Hermione, but you're an even bigger slut than the rest of us!" Ginny said
" Stop being such a spoiled brat and open your eyes, Ginerva! I am trying to make the best of our situation and all you're doing is trying to screw your ex fiancè's godfather! How can I be the slut then?! You don't even know what you're doing right now!" Hermione yelled to Ginny
"I do to!" Ginny said
"Then what are you doing?! Because if your answer is being a bitch then you're pretty close." Hermione said
"Me? I'm the bitch?! Hermione, all you've ever wanted was to have everyone like you and be the center of attention! You couldn't just let Harry and Ron have the credit they deserved for saving me in your second year! You just had to have recognition for being a bookworm! All you ever seem to be doing is sitting around with your nose in a book and ignoring the problems around you." Ginny blamed
"I never did! I never cared if people liked me or not! I still don't! I don't want to be the center of attention because I like peace and quiet and I see how it tore up Harry! And all I ever seem to be doing is saving your arse all the time! And in case you forgot, Dumbledore gave me a book and that's what led us to the discovery of everything! Yes, I might be reading all the time trying to improve my mind so I can help others, but all I ever do is think of others and you can only think of saving your own ass and sometimes your family!" Hermione stormed out from the curtain. "Let's go. I can't stand to be around hypocrites and blamers." Hermione said as she grabbed Noah's arm and let him lead her out. Hermione and the Snakes walked out of the Hospital Wing leaving behind a shocked and embarrassed Ginny.
Suddenly, she was no longer looking to see the end of the day when she and Hermione spent time as just the two of them. She had just called her best friend, who had been there for her since the day she could remember, a slut. Hermione had protected her during the war and had become a part of her family. Ginny dropped to her knees and started crying knowing that Hermione would never raise her voice at her or say the things she did if she wasn't majorly upset with her.
"Hey, you okay?"
Standing up Ginny wiped her tears away and turned around to see Sirius standing there looking worriedly at her.
"I'm decent." Ginny said as she started trying to lessen her tears as he walked over to her and hugged her
"Shh, what's gotten you so upset, Little Red?" Sirius asked from where his chin was resting atop her head
"Hermione." Ginny said through sobs
"What'd she do?" Sirius asked confusedly
"She brought me back to my senses and I was so embarrassed to have lost them and that I yelled at her. I let all of my pain go towards her and blamed her for everything that happened." Ginny said as she pulled back from Sirius and wiped her cheeks.
"What I know of Hermione so far has me thinking that she's not going to stay mad at you for long no matter what you did." Sirius said
"Sirius, I called her a slut and I told her she was running from the war!" Ginny wailed
"Oh, yeah that may be a problem."
"I told her that all she ever does is have her nose in a book and told her that she didn't do her part in the war!" Ginny said. "How could I have done that?! She's the main reason we were winning! She was just going around fighting her own battles and everyone else's. She was tortured for information by a crazed insane witch and she didn't give anything up! She kept fighting even when it seemed like all hope was lost! She did more than everyone." Ginny said as she stood up and started pacing
"Little Red, it's okay. If she really is your best friend like you said she is, then she will forgive you in time." Sirius said, Suddenly, Ginny stopped pacing and collapsed to the floor on her knees
"Sirius, she stopped Him from escaping nearing the end so Harry could fight him and fulfill his prophecy. Her. A former muggleborn stopped the darkest wizard of all time. No fear in her eyes. No regret in her bones." Ginny said
"She will forgive you. You sound true to her, Little Red. Emotion is a strange thing that no one understands yet. We can pretend that we do and try to make things okay, but until it's actually understood, you can't blame yourself." Sirius said as he squatted down next to her, gently grabbed her chin, brought her face up, and kissed her.
"Sirius." Ginny said when he finished.
"I'm so sorry. I don't know what made me do that." Sirius said as he stood up. "I'm going to find James. I'll...yeah." Sirius said and he left
"Hermione was right, again. I can't fall in love with you. You are destined to watch out for your best mate and the father of my ex fiancè. He may or may not be dead, but until I know for sure that James is out of love with Lilly, I refuse to do anything. It's all up to Hermione now." Ginny said as she stood up, got dressed, and then she too went down to breakfast.